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Houston high school student loves getting IT credentials

I am a huge fan of American history. I read books, I watch videos, and I love visiting historical sites. For example, I've been to Gettysburg National Military Park a dozen times, typically staying until a tired ranger ...

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Michigan educator is helping students with special needs get certified

It is a typical morning at Avondale High School in Auburn Hills, Mich. As one period ends, 1,100 students begin moving to their next class. Most go at a comfortable pace, shuffling along to lockers and stopping ...

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Former U.S. Marine's can-do military energy fuels successful IT program

The United States Marine Corp has a long and distinguished history since its founding in 1775. Their battlefield accomplishments are legendary, and many a leatherneck has gone on to later prominence in ...

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All-girl Alabama cybersecurity skills squad a force to be reckoned with

Writing profiles for Certification Magazine brings me into contact with many bright and hardworking young people. It is inspiring to learn of their accomplishments and, in a way, kind of humbling to compare ...

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Longtime Microsoft Office educator heads into retirement (and off to Arizona!)

As computers have become an integral part of our lives, the need for computer proficiency has become essential. Each year, four million Americans graduate and enter the workforce. ...

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South Carolina student built himself a server, then a career in IT

At 15, Tanner Ogden built and hosted his first gaming server. He and friends enjoyed playing the immensely popular video game Minecraft and, as boys often do, they mastered it to the point of ...

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Diligent administrator builds online learning program at Florida college campus

Online learning, also known as distance learning, is the hottest educational innovation since the Socratic ...

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New York college student is on a path to cybersecurity excellence

In 1886, newspaper editor and perennial New York State politician Gideon John Tucker wrote, No man's life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session. Since that day, those words have ...

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Washington educator's long IT odyssey has an unlikely beginning

In the well-established and widely documented lore of FOX-TV's long-running animated comedy series The Simpsons, endearing (and enduring) father figure Homer has earned his living by working somewhere ...

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Meet six Virginia tech students who pulled together to get certified

Complaints about youthful behavior were being made long before Romulus and Remus — the mythical founder of Rome and that guy's twin brother — disagreed about the location of their clubhouse, and ...

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